1852 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-2. Rarity-4. EF-45 (NGC).This predominantly golden-gray example displays warmer reddish-apricot and steel-blue patina splashed along the lower and left peripheries on both sides. It is boldly to sharply defined and has considerable satin luster remaining. Just 77,130 circulation strike half dollars were produced in the Philadelphia Mint in 1852, the vast majority of which were hoarded and melted by speculators during an era when the precious metal value of old tenor U.S. Mint silver coins exceeded face value.
